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Gloomy · F
"woman" same as "man" are social/cultural categories not biological ones. Male/female sex can be considered biological.
Current research in biology has found that a trans persons brain structure is closer to the opposite sex they were born as.
xSiFiGamer2016x · 22-25, M
@Gloomy Correct me if I'm wrong. You're saying that people who are trans, like trans man, will have the mind of a man than a woman's?
Emele · 31-35, FVIP
@Gloomy I may be simplifying, but are you then saying for example, that as dresses are understood as feminine by society, that (any) man in a dress is therefore a woman? I find the 'gender is a social construct' argument to be based on stereotype and sexism. Clothes, toys, careers, etc shouldn't be gendered to the extent that a boy playing with dolls is immediately assumed to be transgender.
Gloomy · F
@Emele Not at all but that for example as a society we agree under which condition someone is considered a woman. Historical girls who got their period have been refered as a woman but these days we wouldn’t dream of doing so. Now there is the social category "teenager"

Also yes there are cultural markers like dresses, long hair etc. that we use to recognize someone as a woman. Chances are transphobes like Gamer here wouldn't recognize a woman as trans therefore would treat her like a cis-woman.
Of course stereotypes are at play to a certain degree it's part of how we express gender. I'm all in favor of getting rid of them.
Also men in dresses would be considered femboys so there is still the implication of femininity and womanhood.

Assuming a boy who plays with dolls is transgender is reductionist obviously.
Gloomy · F
@xSiFiGamer2016x their brain structure is closer to the opposite sex yes and at least different from their sex at birth.
xSiFiGamer2016x · 22-25, M
@Gloomy I looked up what you were saying earlier. It's strange that I never knew this, the whole time I never knew this. But yeah, I get it now. You learn something new every day.